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Our Hero by Robert William Service
"Flowers, only flowers -- bring me dainty posies,
Blossoms for forgetfulness," that was all he said..
On The Wire by Robert William Service
O God, take the sun from the sky!
It’s burning me, scorching me up.
God, can’t You hear my cry?
W..
Over The Parapet by Robert William Service
All day long when the shells sail over
I stand at the sandbags and take my chance;
But at night, a..
Orphan School by Robert William Service
Full fifty merry maids I heard
One summer morn a-singing;
And each was like a joyous bird
With sp..
Old Trouper by Robert William Service
I was Mojeska’s leading man
And famous parts I used to play,
But now I do the best I can
To earn..
Old Bob by Robert William Service
I guess folks think I’m mighty dumb
Since Jack and Jim and Joe
Have hit the trail to Kingdom Come
..
Ommission by Robert William Service
What man has not betrayed
Some sacred trust?
If haply you are made
Of honest dust,
Vaunt not of..
Only A Boche by Robert William Service
We brought him in from between the lines: we’d better have let him lie;
For what’s the use of riski..
Old Codger by Robert William Service
Of garden truck he made his fare,
As his bright eyes bore witness;
Health was his habit and his ca..
Old Engine Driver by Robert William Service
For five and twenty years I’ve run
A famous train;
But now my spell of speed is done,
No more I’l..
Our Pote by Robert William Service
A pote is sure a goofy guy;
He ain’t got guts like you or I
To tell the score;
He ain’t goy gumpt..
On The Boulevard by Robert William Service
Oh, it’s pleasant sitting here,
Seeing all the people pass;
You beside your bock of beer,
I behin..
Old David Smail by Robert William Service
He dreamed away his hours in school;
He sat with such an absent air,
The master reckoned him a foo..
Oh, It Is Good by Robert William Service
Oh, it is good to drink and sup,
And then beside the kindly fire
To smoke and heap the faggots up,..
O Lovely Lie by Robert William Service
I told a truth, a tragic truth
That tore the sullen sky;
A million shuddered at my sooth
And anar..
Our Daily Bread by Robert William Service
"Give me my daily bread.
It seems so odd,
When all is done and said,
This plea to God.
To pray f..
Old Scout by Robert William Service
Is it because I’m bent and grey,
Though wearing rather well,
That I can slickly get away
With all..
Old Tom by Robert William Service
The harridan who holds the inn
At which I toss a pot,
Is old and uglier than sin,--
I’m glad she..
Old Crony by Robert William Service
Said she: ’Although my husband Jim
Is with his home content,
I never should have married him,
We..
Old Boy Scout by Robert William Service
A bonny bird I found today
Mired in a melt of tar;
Its silky breast was silver-grey,
Its wings we..
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